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Tirol (state)

Tyrol
Tirol
State of Austria
Flag of Tyrol
Flag
Coat of arms of Tyrol
Coat of arms
Location of Tyrol
Country  Austria
Capital Innsbruck
Government
 • Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP)
 • Vice-Governors
  • Josef Geisler (ÖVP)
  • Ingrid Felipe (GRÜNE)
Area
 • Total 12,640.17 km2 (4,880.40 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 739,002
 • Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code AT-7
NUTS Region AT3
Votes in Bundesrat 5 (of 62)
Website www.tirol.gv.at

Tyrol (/tɪˈrl, t-, ˈtrl/; German: Tirol, pronounced [tiˈʀoːl]) is a federal state (Bundesland) in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino (together with South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy). The capital of Tyrol is Innsbruck.

The state of Tyrol is separated into two parts, divided by a 7-kilometre wide (4.3 mi) strip. The larger territory is called North Tyrol (Nordtirol) and the smaller area is called East Tyrol (Osttirol). The neighbouring Austrian state of Salzburg stands to the east, while on the south Tyrol has a border with the Italian province of South Tyrol which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the First World War. With a land area of 12,683.85 km2 (4,897.26 sq mi), Tyrol is the third-largest state in Austria.


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